Prosser Piranhas chew away at Neptunes for dominating 541-259 win

Grandview's Fabian Ruiz competes against Prosser last night in the 160-yard medley relay. The 14&U competitor completed the breaststroke leg of that event.

GRANDVIEW - The Grandview Neptunes swim team last night lost 541-259 to the visiting Prosser Pirahnas to open the 2009 season.

Tiffany Owens of Grandview, however, won all five of her 16&U individual events, clocking 26.86 in the 40-yard butterfly, 30.82 in the 40-yard breaststroke, 30.60 in the 40-yard backstroke, 24.18 in the 40-yard freestyle and 2:20.51 in the 160-yard individual medley relay.

She helped her 160-yard freestyle relay team, which included Jessica Hall and Amanda McLean, garner top honors with a time of 1:48.22.

The Grandview team had several top finishers in their individual events.

Grandview's Cassandra Ruiz won top honors in the 8&U 40-yard butterfly, clocking 52 seconds flat. The closest Pirahna was Marin Bender, with a time of 53.07. Ruiz also garnered top honors in the breaststroke with a time of 1:00.28. She was the runner-up to Prosser's Jenna Knight in the freestyle.

In the boys 8&U events, Neptunes Nicolas Cortez and Treyton Parrish each garnered runner-up honors in the backstroke and freestyle, respectively.

In the 10&U events, Reagan Colson (37.82) was runner-up to Prosser's Leah Blakney (37.70). Grandview's Areesa Trevino earned third place honors with a time of 39.02.

Colson clocked 3:44.21 in the 160-yard individual medley relay for third place honors.

Trevino won runner-up honors in the 40-yard breaststroke with a time of 38.33, following Blakney's time of 37.49.

Neptune Natalee Oxley was runner-up in both the backstroke and freestyle, clocking 36.81 and 30.50, respectively.

Perez earned runner-up honors in the 160-yard individual medley relay, clocking 2:45.61. Walker earned runner-up honors to Piranha Annie Brouwer, with a time of 31.20 in the butterfly, and Hall earned top honors in the breaststroke, clocking 33.20.

For the 12&U boys, Grandview's Micah Binfet earned top honors in the breastroke. He clocked a time of 29.49 and the closest Piranha was Sam Kawakami with a time of 32.61.

Binfet also earned third place honors in the butterfly and third place honors in the individual medley relay.

Samanta Castaneda earned another top performance for Grandview with her time of 31.72 in the girls 14&U 40-yard backstroke, and boys 14&U swimmer Fabian Ruiz clocked 19.80 for top honors in the boys 40-yard freestyle race. Ruiz earned runner-up honors in the 40-yard backstroke behind Ty Hobbick of Prosser.

Madison Trevino earned runner-up honors for the 14&U girls in the freestyle and the breaststroke, and third place honors were won by Jessica Hall of Grandview in the freestyle and the backstroke.